Our investigations didn't reveal as many witches' besoms as we expected, but we did find plenty enough atmospheric images for a spooky gallery of the ghostly, the sinister, the haunted and the simply scary!
And, in case this gallery draws you inexorably to the dark side, you need to take a look at photographer Nicolo Miana's terrifying reportage about Krampus who (legend has it) stalks the mountainous regions of Central and Eastern Europe on a dark winter's night...
Happy Hallowe'en!